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Last month we fielded a question about a fault code a reader had been trying to repair for more than a year. To recap, the Corvette in question, a ’96 model, had a recurring P0171 code, or “System Too ...

Q:I have a 1996 Corvette that gave me a recurring fault code (P0171 - "System Too Lean, Bank One") for more than a year. The code reader on my scanner indicated that the fuel pump was defective, so I ...